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Astro Boy

Have a blast.

At least I don't have Pinocchio's problem...

Astro Boy is a popular Japanese character who started life as a Manga cartoon before making it onto television. Now updated for the 21st century and western audiences, we find him living on an orbiting city above Earth. He is actually a robot, modelled after and complete with the memories of, a dead little boy. He leads the campaign against the baddie who naturally wants to take over everything.

93 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 10 (Violence)
Action, Animated, Family, Kids, Sci-Fi.

Credits

Cast

Voices of Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Charlize Theron, Samuel L. Jackson, Bill Nighy, Freddie Highmore, Donald Sutherland

Director

David Bowers

Screenplay

David Bowers, Timothy Harris, from the comics by Osamu Tezuka

Music

John Ottman

Cinematography

Pepe Valencia

Editing

Robert Anich Cole

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2009

Produced by

Imagi Animation Studios, Imagi Crystal, Tezuka Production Company Ltd.

SA Distributor

Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Children's animated
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Fairly frequent, fantastical, mild but has impact
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Ratings

Scale (Max)

International Media

Box Office (USA)Tim Cogshell Dark and compelling but also energetic and fun

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert The movie contains less of its interesting story and more action and battle scenes than I would have preferred.

eye Weekly (Canada)Kieran Grant They should’ve tried Astro Boy out as a live-action fantasy. It might’ve at least led to a more interesting — or funnier — failure.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs While not up there in the same league of computer animated visuals as the Pixar films (or in terms of the story and characters for that matter), the visual design is strikingly handsome and pays some respectful homage to Tezuka's original artwork and design.

Metacritic.com22 critics

RottenTomatoes.com83 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer While it isn't terribly original, and it seems to have a political agenda that may rankle some viewers, Astro Boy boasts enough visual thrills to please its target demographic.

Internet (IMDB)1259 Netizens Wow! A Kitchen-Sink Action Movie (That Works!)

Average .. 54%

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